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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for ntfs-3g (DLA-2819-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.9

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'ntfs-3g' package(s) announced via the DLA-2819-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in NTFS-3G, a read-write NTFS driver for FUSE. A local user can take advantage of these flaws for local root privilege escalation.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'ntfs-3g' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1:2016.2.22AR.1+dfsg-1+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your ntfs-3g packages.